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Ex-Tenn. professor denies he violated secrets law
A retired University of Tennessee professor accused of passing secrets from his work on a U.S. Air Force contract to two foreign graduate students testified Friday that he didn't break the law because he hadn't ...
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Woman Who Escaped Mich. Prison in 1975 May Go Free
Hide Video A woman who spent 33 years on the lam after escaping from a Michigan prison may soon be released on parole.
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Legislature gearing up for fight over grocery wine sales
The Tennessee legislature is getting ready to debate one of the biggest changes in state liquor laws since the repeal of Prohibition.
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Tennessee Democrats slow to embrace Obama
Members of Tennessee's delegation to the Democratic convention in Denver say they will throw their support behind Barack Obama -- but not right away.
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Jurors screened in death penalty case
A Georgia man charged in a rare federal death penalty case in Tennessee listened Monday as prospective jurors answered questions about capital punishment for his upcoming trial.
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Bredesen talks to Tenn. students about convention
Gov. Phil Bredesen is trying to make a civics lesson out of the Democratic convention in Denver.
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Tenn. prosecutors want accused teen tried as adult
Tennessee prosecutors want to try a 15-year-old boy as an adult in last week's fatal shooting of a classmate in the middle of a crowded school cafeteria.
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The Comeback Kid is having a convention comeuppance.
Bill Clinton was supposed to beam at the side of his wife at the Democratic convention as she was crowned their party's presidential nominee.
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Toll roads flopping
It looks like people in Tennessee don't like toll roads . This has got to be a smack to some of the out of touch in Nashville who said toll roads would do every thing short of cure baldness.
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Carnegie man forced friend to dispose of body, prosecutor says
A Carnegie man shot his estranged wife twice in the head and then turned the gun on a friend and demanded that he dispose of her body, a prosecutor said Monday at the start of the man's homicide trial.
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Body of East Tenn. man found 2 days after crash
The Highway Patrol said the body of a LaFollette man was found in his car two days after it crashed, killing him.
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Tropical storm leftovers douse East Tenn. fire
Rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay doused an East Tennessee wildfire near the North Carolina border.
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Tropical System's Rain Moves Into Tenn.
The northern bands of rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay were pushing into Middle Tennessee on Monday, giving the area some much need precipitation.
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TWRA offers free dove hunts
With dove season just around the corner, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has announced it will offer free dove hunt fields in Lincoln County.
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Nashville: Movie City? Film studio complex proposed
Picture this: a film studio complex and public entertainment venue in Nashville that would capture the look and feel of Universal Studios Hollywood - only without the rides and with a project pipeline loaded ...
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As drivers save gas, road-work funds shrink
Sherri Kooperman used to drive her teenage twins to school so they could sleep in a little later, but high gas prices put an end to Joe and Maggie's extra snooze.
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Tenn. trooper ran background check on reporter
A Nashville newspaper reporter was on a list of people believed to have been the subjects of unauthorized background checks performed by a Tennessee Highway Patrol officer.
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Community college students face hike, not free ride
Community college students face a tuition hike when they begin classes on Monday, but Gov.
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Dept. Cracks Down On Untaxed Diesel Use
With diesel prices still topping $4 a gallon, some drivers are turning to untaxed diesel in their cars and trucks.
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Fake lawyer arrested
A Cocke County man has been arrested for allegedly practicing law in Cookeville for several months even though he is not a lawyer.
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